Zachary Edwards and Raphel Dilligard of Birmingham were charged with the incident involving a suspicious explosive package found at Magnolia Elementary in Trussville.Photo via the Trussville Police Department

A four-count indictment filed Jan. 25 in U.S. District Court charges Zachary Edwards, 35, Ralphel Maurie Edwards, 34, with conspiring in November to take money from a BBVA Compass Bank in Trussville by “force, violence, and intimidation.” The two are accused of placing a hoax bomb at Magnolia Elementary School in Trussville to divert police away from the banks.

The indictment also charges Zachary Edwards with conspiring to carry a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and two counts of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm – a Ruger 9mm semi-automatic pistol and a Mossberg 12-gauge shotgun.